court ladies begging for joy

Chapter 24

In Yongxiao Palace, the lights are brightly lit at this time.As the master of the palace, Wen Xiaowan took the lead and rushed to the front.The chief eunuch of Yongxiao Palace, that surnamed Zhang, followed behind her.

"What's the matter, what happened?"

Wen Xiaowan rubbed her eyes, pretending to have just woken up, as if she didn't know anything about human affairs, but in fact the small drum in her heart was beating very loudly.

Until she forced herself to come out calmly, she still had no place to put that bastard Mo Feiyang in place.

The leader is naturally Lin Changhai.

In the whole palace, only Yongxiao Palace has not been searched. The secret message he sent last night disappeared inexplicably. If he didn't come here himself, he would be sorry for the sudden situation.

"You are the head of Yongxiao Palace?"

Lin Changhai didn't even look at Wen Xiaowan, he lifted his chin, his nostrils seemed to grow upwards, and he vented his breath towards the sky.

Wen Xiaowan felt that Lin Changhai's posture was just right, and she didn't want to see Lin Changhai's secluded and evil face.

It's okay to have a face like a donkey's, but it must be matched with a pair of dead fish eyes. There are more white fish and less black fish. If you look at it in a daze, you will look like a hanged ghost.

Well, he also has a tall head, which seems to be taller than Nie Jinyan. People say that Monk Zhanger can't touch his head, so this is definitely true.

No matter how much she scolds her, how much she despises her in her heart, Wen Xiaowan is still gentle, courteous and humble on the surface. She uses the only advantage of her body, her good voice, to the extreme, and responds softly, "Yes, this slave is the palace maid of Yongxiao Palace. Wan'er, I don't know what is the purpose of Manager Lin bringing these people to Yongxiao Palace late at night? It would be bad if they disturbed the rest of the masters."

Both Lin Changhai and Nie Jinyan are in the position of manager. Although Lin Changhai is the deputy, everyone in the palace calls him Manager Lin when they see him.Although Nie Jinyan is upright, no one in the palace has ever called him Director Nie.

Perhaps his company's name is even more bluffing. When everyone mentions Nie Jinyan, they are accustomed to first thinking that this person is the cold-faced prison boss of the Punishment Division, and then Nie Jinyan is actually the head of the imperial court. .

Hearing that Wen Xiaowan used Huang Peiying, the eminent concubine of Yongxiao Palace, to suppress him, Lin Changhai's face changed, "It's not good to disturb the rest of the masters, but the Holy Majesty's will must be obeyed." , since you are in charge of the palace, let me ask you, after the second watch, has anyone in your Yongxiao Palace ever gone out without permission?"

When Wen Xiaowan heard that Lin Changhai specially emphasized that it was the second watch, the corners of her eyes twitched imperceptibly, but she still insisted on saying: "Boss Lin was joking, the second watch was already closed, and no one in Yongxiao Palace went out."

At this time, Lin Changhai finally lowered his head and looked at Wen Xiaowan carefully.

Wen Xiaowan is not the kind of woman who looks very good-looking at first glance.Her appearance, if there is no special display, buried in the colorful flowers in the deep palace, it can be regarded as an inconspicuous little flower at most, but once such a woman moves, she has an indescribable aura.

Although Lin Changhai doesn't look very good, she has been immersed in the palace for many years. What kind of girl can stand out in the crowd of empresses and can be prosperous forever. He looked at the past at a glance, and he was [-] to [-] percent accurate.

Just like when Nie Jinyan was in a crowd of people, he could tell which ones were criminals with just a glance.

"Is no one going out? Why doesn't our family feel that?" After Lin Changhai said strangely, he scanned the eunuchs and maids standing in the courtyard from left to right, "Didn't you... see it? "

The two eunuchs and the two maids are on duty tonight.

Because Yongxiao Palace had really been depressed for a while, even though they just started to be favored the night before, they haven't adjusted to it yet.

Therefore, when they are on duty at night, it is inevitable that they will be lazy and sleep. If you ask them to pay attention to whether someone is out of the palace, it is equivalent to asking them to recall the dream they had eight years ago.

After a long silence, the chief eunuch, Eunuch Zhang, stood up.

He happened to be guarding the gate tonight. After all, his position was there. When he was on guard at night, he was not like the other two. He slept through several spring and autumn dreams. When he woke up from the dream, he occasionally glanced at the gate.

And once the door is locked, he has the key. Whether someone comes in or someone goes out, even if he falls asleep, he will know clearly - without his key, no one can pass through the door.

"Return to Manager Lin, it is true that no one is going out in Yongxiao Palace tonight, the little one is on duty at the gate tonight."

For the two-faced person in the harem who is second only to Nie Jinyan, even if he is younger than himself, Eunuch Zhang respects him like his own father when he speaks.

Lin Changhai didn't even lift his eyelids, and continued his eccentric voice, "You also said...it's the gate...."

In any main palace, it is impossible to have only one door, not to mention the back door, there are always two corner doors for fire prevention.In some remote palaces, there are even a few man-made and natural dog holes that have been in disrepair for a long time.

If a person thinks about going out of the palace, which one will go the right way, he is a fool.In this palace, there are a few genuine fools who would have died eight hundred lifetimes earlier.

Eunuch Zhang understood immediately, but only because of understanding.He had no other choice for the other doors, and he didn't send anyone to watch them.

Yongxiao Palace has been out of favor for a while, and those who can find their own way out in the palace have found a reason to go out. Now that the preparation is too incomplete, there is no way to separate people to guard the back door and corner door.

It stands to reason that the concubine Jia and the eunuchs who follow her are complete according to what is in Yongxiao Palace today, but you must know that there is only one master in the big main palace of Yongxiao Palace. normal.

Since there are no other masters to fill in, it is inevitable that some courtyards will be vacant. When the concubine is pregnant, these places will naturally be taken care of by people. When the concubine falls out of favor, these people will also withdraw.

The current situation of Yongxiao Palace is similar to that of Iceland, which has places but no population.

Eunuch Zhang said perfunctorily, "The small doors everywhere are locked all the year round..."

Lin Changhai is not the kind of person who can be perfunctory, he asked: "Who has the key?"

"It's all here at the little one," Eunuch Zhang thought for a while, and then said, "Aunt Wan'er has them too."

This is not a betrayal of Wen Xiaowan, it is a truthful answer, the situation is indeed like this, Wen Xiaowan does not blame Eunuch Zhang.

She retreated to advance, and quickly continued: "Yes, the servants also have a set here."

As the head of Yongxiao Palace, she has a set of keys for each door of Yongxiao Palace, which is nothing special, and no one can tell what is wrong.

Including Lin Changhai.

Lin Changhai looked at Wen Xiaowan carefully again, she still stood there calmly, with her shoulders slightly folded and her head half down.

"Oh, then if anyone is out of the palace tonight, just ask you two."

Wen Xiaowan really couldn't stand Lin Changhai's tone of voice.

You said that Nie Jinyan is also an eunuch, and he is still in the same batch and the same position as him.Even if Nie Jinyan didn't say it on the surface, how much he despises his own identity, but only from the sentence "in order not to tarnish the teacher's school", it can be heard that Nie Jinyan is somewhat self-defeating.

When it was Lin Changhai's turn to be this strange flower, he raised his orchid fingers, pinched the voice of the male duck, put on some makeup and powder, and put on a dark red lip color. He wished that people ten miles away would know that he was a father-in-law.

As a castrated male, Wen Xiaowan deeply...doesn't understand that he can still have such a sense of professional honor.

Eunuch Zhang and Wen Xiaowan looked at each other, and said in unison: "If you really go in and out through each door, just ask the little one (servant)."

But when Lin Changhai really wanted to ask, he said in unison: "Report to Director Lin, no one has really gone out of Yongxiao Palace tonight."

Seeing the two people cooperating so tacitly, Lin Changhai almost felt like vomiting blood. He smiled sinisterly, "Really? Well, let's ask each other one by one, and find a witness for each other."

Wen Xiaowan had a quick brain storm, and Lin Changhai suddenly appeared here with someone, saying that he had obeyed the imperial decree, and it was definitely not for the sake of checking Yongxiao Palace, which daring slave secretly went out of the palace to meet his old lover in the middle of the night , must be related to that assassin.

But Lin Changhai threw away the watermelon to check the sesame seeds, gave up the assassin, and went to find out who had a tryst with his old lover. This is inevitable...

Wen Xiaowan quickly realized that something must have happened when Nie Jinyan was helping her with the aftermath, which offended Lin Changhai, and Lin Changhai couldn't catch Nie Jinyan's handle, thinking that since it was related to Yongxiao Palace , then he just came to check on Yongxiao Palace, and he did it casually and grandly—who told him to have an imperial edict.

"Okay, just as Manager Lin said,"

It's just that disaster can't be avoided, as long as she doesn't enter her room, she is happy to stay here and delay time with Lin Changhai.

Wen Xiaowan woke up the maids and eunuchs living in the other two rooms, and lined up in front of Lin Changhai one by one.

The collective equipment of Yongxiao Palace is fully equipped, except for the two little maids guarding the concubine's room tonight, even Jin Lan was called out.

Jin Lan really didn't sleep well that night, even if she fell into a deep sleep, she still felt unwilling.

The night before yesterday, she often showed up in front of the emperor, but because of her master, she couldn't behave too much, she was indifferent, and couldn't attract the emperor's attention at all. The little girl felt that her future was very slim.

Therefore, when she was suddenly called out, she almost scolded the resentment in her heart. Fortunately, Lin Changhai's donkey face was too eye-catching, and she spilled her curse words into her mouth in time.

"What's going on here?"

When Jin Lan leaned close to Wen Xiaowan, she asked in a low voice, "Why did Manager Lin bring someone here?"

Even if she was harboring ghosts, Wen Xiaowan said as if nothing happened: "Boss Lin said that in our palace, when the palace was under confinement, someone left the palace privately."

Jin Lan still didn't wake up a little bit, and muttered, "Who would eat enough for nothing, leave the palace alone for a good night's sleep?"

Wen Xiaowan, who had nothing to eat and was full, "...."

Seeing that everyone was here, Lin Changhai nodded and asked one by one. There must be mutual testimony, and they must have slept together.

Asking like this, I didn't expect to ask a hidden story - the cook and the new chef eunuch actually slept in the same room.

However, it doesn't matter, the palace maid and the eunuch eat each other, and they can't go to the elegant hall, but it's not a rare thing in the palace.Just report it to the master.

Even if the 'traitors' were found out before they had time to report, Lin Changhai had no interest in the 'adultery'.

On the contrary, they themselves were a little embarrassed, and when they were driven aside, they all nested like quails.

After asking one by one, when Wen Xiaowan was finally asked, Lin Changhai's eyes narrowed into a line.

It wasn't very big at all, but at this time it was particularly spotlighted, as if a mouse had spotted an oily flower, trembling viciously, "Where's Aunt Wan'er?"

Wen Xiaowan is not a good choice as a witness.

She originally lived alone, and she was not on duty tonight, Lin Changhai forced her like this, turned around a few times, but still did not let her go, it seemed that if she refused to admit it, she might do something to her. She has a headache.

In Wen Xiaowan's two lifetimes, although she was the most afraid of death, she still has a significant advantage, which was commented by her senior brother who said that "no matter who she marries, she will blame others". She has the potential to be a martyr.

But anything she doesn't want to say is like a lock made by her hand, no one can pick it.

Not to mention that Lin Changhai hasn't used any means in front of her, even if all the top ten tortures are brought up, she doesn't want to speak, and she won't say anything.

"Boss Lin is joking. The slaves live alone. If they come out to prove the truth, it is doubtful."

Wen Xiaowan smiled modestly, with a calm demeanor, she was also pushing Lin Changhai back, she wanted to see if Lin Changhai dared to say that he had inserted eyeliner at the gate of Yongxiao Palace.

——Even if she didn't get affirmation and didn't see it with her own eyes, Wen Xiaowan was sure that the eyeliner must have been inserted, otherwise Lin Changhai wouldn't be like a dog biting meat, dragging Yongxiao Palace to death and refusing to let go.

Eyeliner is a thing that every master of the palace has a little bit of, and it is kept secret, but no one will bring it up to the public.

"Aunt Wan'er is very eloquent, but unfortunately...someone in our house saw..."

The corners of Lin Changhai's mouth were pulled up strangely, making the whole mouth crooked.

"Really?" Wen Xiaowan pretended to be surprised, "Is it from our palace... or is it me, my slave?"

Lin Changhai was a little surprised that Wen Xiaowan approached her so directly, and her expression remained unchanged. He snorted coldly, "I saw it, so what about Aunt Wan'er?"

Wen Xiaowan's heart skipped a beat, "What can I do? If it's true, I should deal with it according to the palace rules. Mr. Lin might as well call the person who saw it, and face a couple. Which one did he see? The maidservant is also very good." Ming our master, and hand it over to Manager Lin."

Wen Xiaowan answered very decently.She is betting.Betting on Nie Jinyan's strength, if Nie Jinyan is good at what he does well, the person who saw it should no longer exist in this world.

Lin Changhai couldn't find any evidence of his life, so naturally he couldn't find any evidence of his death.There is no evidence, and she still wants to deal with her as the head of the palace casually, without asking her master, Concubine Jia, if she will do it?
Lin Changhai was choked hard by Wen Xiaowan. If he could produce witnesses, he would not have to be a mother-in-law like now, and would have directly arrested people.

Lin Changhai still wanted to make trouble, the door of the bedroom in the main hall of Yongxiao Palace was wide open, and the concubine Jia came out slowly with the support of a little maid, and said with an elegant smile, "I thought that Who is it, it turned out to be Manager Lin, who came to this palace before dawn, I don't know what you can do."

The concubine Huang Peiying had never taken sleeping pills, so how could she still be able to sleep after such a big incident happened in her courtyard.

She didn't come out at first because she felt that she was the master and had to be without status. If she went out so casually, she would be looked down upon by others, and she felt that Wen Xiaowan handled everything well, so she didn't need to probe.

Wen Xiaowan has been out, of course she knows.This is what she agreed on.

Among the various forces in the palace, she, a concubine who has no natal family to stand up for her, has to rely on one party. Since her slave has already secretly stripped a thick leg for her, there is no need for her to stop it.

She is not stupid, she knows exactly what Nie Jinyan's identity is.Wen Xiaowan offered Nie Jinyan's favor by recommending herself as a pillow. How could she not support her to the end.What's more, doing it so low-key has benefited her a lot.

No matter what, she will protect Wen Xiaowan and protect Wen Xiaowan's affair with Nie Jinyan.

Lin Changhai forced Wen Xiaowan so much, as the master, if she didn't come out, she would be like a tortoise.

As soon as Lin Changhai saw the concubine Huang Peiying coming out, he quickly saluted the concubine Jia.

Speaking of which, they are also at the level of slaves, and they are also done in a rigid manner, with no faults. When Nie Jinyan salutes people, it will make people feel uncomfortable, as if they are sharp.When Lin Changhai bowed to others, he showed the temperament that a slave should have.

"I'm bothering my concubine Jia. The assassin at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet has not been caught so far. This servant came here on order to search the palace. The other palaces have been searched, only the Yongxiao Palace is left."

Lin Changhai finally threw away the sesame seeds and started picking watermelons.A layer of cold sweat broke out on Wen Xiaowan's palm.

Empress Jia concubine waved her hand with a slight smile: "Even if the other palaces have been searched, there is no exception in Yongxiao Palace. Please, Mr. Lin, before dawn, you can go back to the Holy One to submit the decree." .”

Concubine Jia didn't know what happened in Wen Xiaowan's bedroom.Lin Changhai came here on order, and she had no reason to stop her, and she felt that as long as Lin Changhai had his attention, don't worry about whether Wen Xiaowan went out of the palace privately. In Yongxiao Palace, everything in her was pure and innocent, and she was not afraid. was searched.

After Huang Peiying said this, Wen Xiaowan yelled badly in her heart, she didn't even have time to resolve her anxiety by praying to God and praying to Buddha, she only wished that the monster in her room had turned into dust and ran away while they were facing each other.

But Wen Xiaowan knows the facts better than anyone else, that damn thing must still be there - her house has no place to escape except for the front door and the front window.

Just when Lin Changhai gave the order to 'search', Wen Xiaowan's heart was in her throat.

At this time, there was a sound from the gate of Yongxiao Palace, and to Wen Xiaowan, it was like a message of amnesty, "The imperial decree, the concubine Jia accepts the decree."

Wen Xiaowan immediately recognized with sharp ears that it was Xiao Fuzi, her comrade-in-arms with whom she had a deep revolutionary friendship.

NND, Nie Jinyan, you are finally here, quickly accept your monstrous junior brother, she will not be able to hold on any longer.

Wen Xiaowan didn't know that Nie Jinyan had actually been here for a while. Seeing Wen Xiaowan's way of making Lin Changhai so angry that smoke was rising from his head, he admired it very much, and what he admired the most was Wen Xiaowan's confidence in dealing with it - that was from the fact that she was against Lin Changhai. his trust.

It made him suddenly feel that his trip to Yongxiao Palace was not in vain, and his imperial decree was not in vain.Because of this person's confidence, what he does is always meaningful.

(End of this chapter)